 I'm Charles Roberts with Cuneville Architects. Welcome to this presentation of the proposed addition to the North Amherst public library. We're working closely with town. And we've gone through several iterations during the course of an initial feasibility study which we are now pleased to share with you at this time. The three primary goals the project are pretty straightforward. First, we wanted to create accessibility for the library. Currently, the only entrance is located up several steps to a front porch on the south side of the building. Second, we wanted to provide accessible bathrooms. Right now there's only single staff bathroom located in the basement at the bottom of a very difficult to navigate set of stairs. And the third thing we really want to do is create a community meeting space capable of accommodating 40 to 50 people in a comfortable flexible and accessible setting. So this photograph really sets the tone for the beloved character of the library. This did the test of time at the confluence of Montague and Sunderland roads for 130 years. It's designed in the clean and style by putting the field Roswell and architect born and levered in 1840, and was built in 1893 by the North Amherst library association, and then turned over the Jones library in 1925 has been running it ever since. The library is really like entering into a time capsule with our innate shelving and woodwork and cozy nooks for sitting and getting lost in the world of books. Our task was to acknowledge the history and sense of this chair's place will bring it into the modernity for everybody to enjoy. This is the site plan so you're it's oriented in the north-south direction. So this is north and this is south. Here's, here's Sunderland road branching off in this direction and mind you wrote to the right here. This is the existing library right here. The addition is located immediately to the north of of the existing library. The parking is being provided to the north. We're going to be demoing some of the existing parking lot planting new lawn and grass the north of there, and then creating a nice garden landscape entry into the new library and accessible parking immediately adjacent to the entrance. The main form of the addition is separated from the existing library with this narrow connector element, which I'll show you in floor plan in a moment. And separating the the main form of the new building from the existing building helps architecturally and structurally in terms of maintaining the integrity. On the floor plan here, you know you arrive by car foot or bicycle, you arrive here at the main entry portal, you're welcomed into an entry lobby with the meeting room opening here immediately off to your, your left as you're entering in. On the right side here, there are there's storage book drop off areas and new accessible bathrooms here. As you as you arrive, you sort of you center in on this connector piece here I was sort of describing earlier. This has a wheelchair left that brings you up to the main level of the library, and also a main processional set of set of stairs and centered on the opening, which kind of brings you into the main reading room of the library itself. There's also a set of stairs to go down into the basement. There's a wheelchair left. The basement is not open to the public at this time, but we did want to provide access and accessibility down to that level for any kind of future program that might develop. This is a section that describes through the different floor relationships of the of the addition and the existing building. So the addition is here on the left you come in through the entry into the into the lobby as we were describing earlier, and then that connection piece is what brings you up and sort of navigates the difference in grade between the, the, the new building and the existing library itself, which is actually, you know, three to four feet above the existing grade, which is kind of what's necessitating this, this, this addition. This is the, the east elevation of the building of the existing library and our building the library is on the left that the connector pieces here in the middle, and the new, the new addition is on the right. What we wanted to do is create an architecture for the addition that complemented the original building without replicating or overwhelming it. The addition at 1190 square feet is actually slightly larger than the library itself which is 920 square feet. So the building, the primary form of the new building away from the existing library in orienting the plan on east to west direction. The addition is largely secondary to to the existing library, whose main floor level as I mentioned earlier is four feet higher. With the addition tucked in behind the library the original building remains visually unchanged from the southern approach, and it's framed by the welcoming presence of the new structure as visitors entered from the north parking lot. So this is that view so this is the north elevation that sort of greets you as you as you are entering from the parking lot. We maintain the roof pitch and window types of the existing building as well as the use of projecting gabled roof base to provide scale and character. The queen and styled existing libraries characterized by the use of shingles clabbers pan trim and ornamental detailing around eaves and windows. So we took our cues really from the existing building by also using shingles on the addition, but we're proposing to stain them a clear finish that expresses the natural quality of the material without trying to impersonate the library itself. This is the the west elevation. You can see the trim is painted in proportion similar to that on the library. This is, you know, our trim is here in the green and trim work you'll see on the library is with lighter buff color. The dark standing seam metal roof anchors the building and provides the same sense of permanence as a slate roof on the existing library while creating an architecturally cohesive expression of materials for the addition again honoring the spirit of the library without without imitating it. This is this is a rendering sort of from the northwest looking looking towards the entry so you can see its landscape and very welcoming convenient accessible parking. There'll be bike racks located over here in this corner. So it really becomes a nice congregational focal point for folks as they arrive. This project is below the threshold of Amherst and net zero design requirements for public buildings. Over the envelope of the addition designed to be airtight and level insulated with triple glazed windows, raised till trusses for increased insulation insulation levels in the roof, continuous rigid insulation board on exterior walls to reduce them all bridging and rigid insulation under the slabs as well. This will be provided by new energy efficient led fixtures throughout new heating and cooling systems included in the existing library will be electrically based high performance air source heat pumps making the building that zero ready. The nature of the site and orientation structures don't necessarily lend themselves to onsite, but it will take power generation, however offsite PV options may be available that would help the building achieve net zero energy consumption. So view from from the southeast again sort of give you a sense of the northern arrival of the of the addition. So, this project is being made possible by private funds generously provided by an anonymous donor library will hopefully start construction in the fall. We're very excited to be involved in this project and grateful for the opportunity to help create new community center for North Amherst. In addition to simply providing new bathrooms and accessibility this project will refocus the neighborhood on this beautiful historic gem of a library sitting right at its first step. Thanks for your interest and learning about the design for the North Amherst library edition. For more information, you can visit the town website or contact town offices. Thank you very much.